LESTER YOUNG - JATP LIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL, SEPTEMBER 17, 1955 SEALED NEW CD

• 2 CD SET• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLETThis release presents a complete 1955 performance by the JATP All Stars featuring Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Eldridge and Sonny Stitt among others. This concert only previously appeared divided on three long out of print LPs. As a bonus, a rare set by a similar JATP group in Germany that same year, and four PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED tunes from a 1949 Carnegie Hall JATP concert featuring Fats Navarro,Sonny Criss andElla FitzgeraldPERSONNEL:DIZZY GILLESPIE & ROY ELDRIDGE, trumpetBEN WEBSTER, LESTER YOUNG & FLIP PHILLIPS, tenor saxSONNY STITT, alto saxBILL HARRIS, tromboneOSCAR PETERSON, pianoHERB ELLIS, guitarRAY BROWN, bassLOUIE BELLSON, drumsLive at Carnegie Hall, New York, September 17, 1955.CD 2 [3-5]: Same personnel but omit Webster, Young and Stitt. Buddy DeFranco (cl) on 4 only. Live at Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany, February 10, 1955.CD 2 [6-9]: Fats Navarro (tp), Sonny Criss (as), Flip Phillips (ts), Tommy Turk (tb), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Shelly Manne (d), Ella Fitzgerald (vcl on 7 & 9).Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, February 11, 1949TRACKS:CD 1: TOTAL TIME 79:05 Min01 Blues #102 I Found A New Baby03 Lester Leaps In04 Blues #2 [Aka The Slow Blues]05 Ballad Medley #1: I Didn’t Know What Time It Was / The Man I Love / Tenderly / My Old Flame06 Ballad Medley #2: Body And Soul / A Ghost Of A / Chance / Imagination / I’ll Never Be The Same07 Birks’ Works [Aka The Modern Set]08 Ow!CD 2: TOTAL TIME: 74:21 Min01 I Got Rhythm02 Willow, Weep For Me03 Jam Session04 Now’s The Time05 Ballad Medley #3: Willow, Weep For Me / I Don’t Know Why / Imagination / My Old Flame06 Cherokee [incomplete]07 Perdido08 How High The Moon09 I’ve Got My Love To Keep10 Me Warm